2016年自考英语二教材课文讲义unit5.docxVIP

Unit 5 Keeping Your Dreams Alive? I. New words and expressions New words 1. transcend v. 超出，超越（通常的界限）2. incessantly adv. 不停地；持续不断地3. noisily?adv. 喧闹地　noise　noisy4. subtly?adv. 不易察觉地；不明显地；微妙地5. enormity?n. 巨大；深远影响；严重性　enormous6. burden n. （义务、责任等的）重担，负担7. belief?n. 相信；信心　believe　believable　unbelievable　disbelief8. unique adj. 唯一的；独一无二的；独特的9. affliction n. 折磨；痛苦10. especially adv. 尤其；特别；格外11. tribe n. 部落12. species n. 种，物种（分类上小于属）13. discipline n. 自制力；遵守纪律14. confront v. 处理，解决（问题或困境）15. evoke v. 引起，唤起（感情、记忆或形象）16. grief n. （尤指因某人去世引起的）悲伤，悲痛，伤心17. guilt?n. 内疚；悔恨　guilty　be guilty of　be / feel guilty about18. anxiety?n. 焦虑；忧虑　anxious19. anguish n. 剧痛；极度痛苦；苦恼20. despair n. 绝望21. uncomfortable?adj.（使）焦虑的，尴尬的，害怕的，不自在的22. physical adj. 身体的；肉体的；躯体的23. equal v. 比得上；敌得过24. conflict n. 冲突；争执；争论25. engender v. 产生，引起（某种感觉或情况）26. pose v. 造成（威胁、问题等）；引起；产生27. distinguish?v. 区分；辨别；分清28. wisdom?n. 智慧；才智；精明29. mentally adv. 精神上；智力上；思想上30. spiritually adv. 精神上；心灵上31. desire v. 渴望；期望32. deliberately?adv. 故意；蓄意；存心33. instruct?v. 教授；指导34. dread v. 非常害怕；极为担心 Phrases and Expressions 1. moan about 抱怨2. a series of 系列；连续3. because of 因为4. as well as 除…之外5. cutting edge?（处于某事物发展的）尖端，最前沿，领先阶段6. call forth 引起；使产生 II. Text Learning Life Is Difficult ① Life Is Difficult.② This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult-once we truly understand and accept it-then life is no longer difficult.?Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.（承上句）③ Most people do not fully see this truth that life is difficult.④ Instead they moan more or less incessantly, noisily or subtly, about the?enormity?of their problems, their burdens, and their difficulties as if life were generally easy, as if life should be easy.?(1)They voice their belief, noisily or subtly, that their difficulties represent a unique kind of